biografía de Mary Louise MCLAUGHLIN (1847-1939)

Lugar de nacimiento: Cincinnati, OH

Lugar de defunción: Cincinnati

Direcciones: Cincinnati

Profesión: Painter, sculptor, etcher, monotypist, craftsperson, writer

Estudios: McMicken Sch. Des.; studied drawing, wood carving and pottery decoration with Benn Pitman and Marjorie Eggers; probably learned etching from Henry Farny, 1877; painting with Duveneck at Cincinnati A. Acad.

Exposiciones: Centennial Exhib., Phila., 1876; Paris Salon (hon. men.), 1878; PAFA Ann., 1884, 1898; Boston AC, 1888-89; "Woman Etchers of America," NYC, 1888; Paris Expo., 1889 (med.); Cotton States Exposition,1895; Intl. Expo., Paris, 1900; Pan.-Am. Expo., Buffalo, 1901; Louisiana Purchase Expo., 1904; Phila. Soc. of Artists; Cincinnati Industrial Expo.; New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institution; Louisville Industrial Expositions; SAA, Cincinnati Art Mus. Her etchings were exhibited at the BMFA, Ohio Valley Centennial in 1888, and in the Women's Building at the 1893 Columbian Expo.

Asociaciones: Cincinnati Women's AC; Pottery Cl., Cincinnati (founder, 1879); Porcelain League, Cincinnati (1890s, a founder); Cincinnati Etching Cl.; The Crafters; Am. Ceramic Soc.; Soc. of Arts, London (hon. membership)

Obra: Cincinnati AM; Phila. Mus.; BMFA.

Comentarios: Specialty: ceramics. A leader in the Cincinnati art pottery movement, McLaughlin discovered a method of replicating the French method of underglaze painting on faience that was adopted by Rookwood Pottery. She produced decorative metalwork and experimented with metallic effects on porcelain and later developed techniques for producing American Faience and Losanti, an important American contribution to Art Nouveau (see Cincinnati Painters of the Golden Age). Author of two books on pottery decoration, one on painting, and one on etching called Etching: A Practical Manual for Amateurs. She also contributed articles on china painting to The Art Amateur.

Fuentes: WW38; Cincinnati Painters of the Golden Age, 81-82 (w/illus.); P. Peet, Am. Women of the Etching Revival, 59-60; Falk, Exh. Record Series.